Lecturer in Climate Change and the Environment (3 Posts) Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment Faculty of Natural Sciences Further Particulars 1. The College Imperial College London consistently achieves one of the highest rankings nationally and internationally, as listed in the Times Higher QS World University Rankings. The President & Rector, Sir Keith O’Nions FRS, is the College’s academic head and chief executive officer. He will be succeeded by Professor Alice P. Gast in September 2014. The Chairman of the Court and Council is Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller. In August 2013, the functions of the Rector were separated to create the new posts of President and Rector, and that of Provost, in order to optimise the opportunities and address the challenges that the College can expect to face in the coming years. While the Provost, Professor James Stirling, will ensure that the quality of the academic endeavour is furthered, the President and Rector will be more outward facing and will focus on building relationships with governments, industry, supporters and alumni. The Mission Imperial College embodies and delivers world class scholarship, education and research in science, engineering and medicine, with particular regard to their application in industry, commerce and healthcare. We foster interdisciplinary working within the College, and collaborate widely externally. Strategic Intent The College’s vision and intent is to: Continue to be a world-leading institution for scientific research and education, To harness the quality, breadth and depth of our research capabilities to address the difficult challenges of today and the future, To develop the next generation of researchers, scientists and academics, To provide an education for students from around the world that equips them with the knowledge and skills they require to pursue their ambitions, To make a demonstrable economic and social impact through the translation of our work into practice worldwide, 1 To engage with the world and communicate the importance and benefits of science to society. Formation and History Imperial College was established in 1907 in London’s scientific and cultural heartland in South Kensington, as a merger of the Royal College of Science, the City and Guilds College and the Royal School of Mines. St Mary’s Hospital Medical School and the National Heart and Lung Institute merged with the College in 1988 and 1995 respectively. Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School merged with the College on 1 August 1997 to form, with the existing departments on the St Mary’s and Royal Brompton campuses, the Faculty of Medicine. The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology joined the Faculty of Medicine in 2000 and for over a decade was unique in Europe for its integration of basic science research and clinical facilities in rheumatology. On 1 August 2011, the Institute moved to Oxford University to build a new centre for research into rheumatology and inflammatory and autoimmune disease. In 2007, the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, was formed by merging Hammersmith and St Mary’s Hospitals’ NHS Trusts with the College, forming the country’s largest NHS Trust. This also established the UK’s first Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) bringing together healthcare services, teaching and research for maximum synergistic benefits. Imperial College was an independent constituent part of the University of London until July 2007, when it was granted a new royal charter declaring it an independent university in its own right. The academic structure of Imperial College is divided into three faculties, the Faculties of Engineering, Natural Sciences and Medicine. The College’s other major academic unit is the Business School. In 2011, the College joined the Francis Crick Institute, (formerly the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation). Together with King’s College London, the College became part of the project to create the world-leading medical research institute in London founded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), Cancer Research UK, the Wellcome Trust and UCL. The Francis Crick Institute will be an inter-disciplinary medical research institute. Its work will help understand why disease develops and find new ways to treat, diagnose and prevent illnesses such as cancer, heart disease and stroke, infections, and neurodegenerative diseases. It will open in 2015. Staff and Students The academic and research staff of 3,456 includes 72 Fellows of the Royal Society, 84 Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering, 81 Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences, one Fellow of the British Academy, four Crafoord Prize winners and two Fields Medalists. Fourteen Nobel Laureates have been members of the College either as staff or students. The College has 14,414 students, of whom 39 percent are postgraduate. Thirty per cent of students come from outside the European Union. External assessment of the 2 College’s teaching quality in many different subject areas has been judged to be of high standard. The proportion of women students has increased to 36 percent of the total. Research and Translations Innovative research at the College explores the interface between science, medicine, engineering and business, delivering practical solutions that improve the quality of life and the environment, underpinned by a dynamic enterprise culture. The quality of the College’s research has been judged consistently to be of the highest international standard and the proportion of income from research grants and contracts is one of the highest of any UK university. The concentration and strength of research in science, engineering and medicine gives the College a unique and internationally distinctive research presence. Interdisciplinary institutes at the College provide a focal point to harness research that seeks solutions to grand challenges, such as improving global health, tackling climate change, finding sustainable sources of energy and addressing security challenges. International collaborations provide further opportunities, such as the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre in Abu Dhabi, the largest specialist medical centre in the United Arab Emirates. Biobank Qatar is another example of international collaboration, established by the Qatar Foundation and Qatar’s Supreme Council of Health and led by Imperial’s School of Public Health, to conduct the largest population-based study in an Arab country and to address a variety of chronic diseases ranging from heart disease to diabetes. Generous support for the College’s work comes from a wide variety of sources. From industry there are donations towards certain senior academic posts, advanced courses, bursaries and scholarships. The single largest contribution to the College from industrial concerns is in the form of contracts to carry out research. The College also gains considerable support from research councils and charities to undertake research. Teaching and Learning The College’s overall educational aim is to ensure a stretching and exhilarating learning experience and, while maintaining its traditional emphasis on single honours degree courses, it also aims to give students the opportunity to broaden their experience through courses relevant to student and employer needs. In its MSc. course provision, the College seeks to provide a wide range of specialist courses in areas in which it has particular expertise. Many of those offered by non- medical departments emphasise the valuable interaction between scientific/technological training and industrial experience, whilst those offered by the medical departments focus on subjects at the interface between basic science and medicine and on specialist education for doctors and other health professionals in training. In addition, the College’s wide range of PhD programmes reflect its aim of pursuing research at the frontiers of scientific, engineering, management and medical knowledge and the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of this research. The Centre for Educational Development raises and consolidates the profile of learning, teaching and educational development throughout the College. Newly- appointed non-clinical lecturers will be expected to develop and expand their 3 teaching skills, and there are many learning and teaching activities for more experienced staff. On 1 October 2011, the Graduate School of Life Sciences and Medicine merged with the Graduate School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, to form a single entity. The merged Graduate School is the focus of postgraduate education and research and maintains, enhances and monitors quality, disseminates best practice, while initiating and developing new programmes, particularly those with an interdisciplinary slant. It also has quality assurance responsibilities for the two non-faculty departments of Humanities and the Business School. The College’s teaching quality is audited regularly, both internally and externally. Recent external audit found teaching quality to be of a high standard. The College continually seeks to engage with, and form ventures with other organisations to take advantage of research opportunities and synergies, as well as expanding its influence in education. In August 2013 the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine), a joint initiative between the College and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore, opened its doors to its inaugural cohort of 54 students. At full capacity, it is expected that there